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HIDIVE Shines the Spotlight on the Rock is a Lady’s Modesty Anime Premiering April 3

When it comes to music performances, sometimes you’re in the mood for an elegant violin recital. Other times, you just want to watch that rock star shred the hell out of her guitar during an epic solo. But as a wise child once said: ¿Por qué no los dos? Get the best of both worlds and watch Rock is a Lady’s Modesty (Rock wa Lady no Tashinamideshite) when it premieres on HIDIVE April 3.

Rock is a Lady’s Modesty For The Uninitiated

Premiere Date and Time - Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 12:00 PM EDT (16:00 UTC)

Synopsis: At an elite all-girls’ academy where refined young ladies gather, Lilisa Suzunomiya, now the daughter of a real estate tycoon after her mother remarried, is forced to abandon her guitar and rock music to fit in. However, her passion is reignited by sounds from the old school building, where she meets a skilled drummer who shares her love for rock. Together, they embrace their inner rockstars, elegantly clashing and shouting their way through the academy in this captivating tale of grace and rebellion.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/oO-foFtYnuw
Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures (Gintama)
Director: Shinya Watada (The iDOLM@STER Million Live!)
Original Creator: Hiroshi Fukuda (Mushibugyo)
Originating Work: Manga
Demographic: Seinen
Rating: TV-14
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Music

Main Character Cast

Lilisa Suzunomiya - Akira Sekine (Charlotte in Princess Principal)
Otoha Kurogane - Miyuri Shimabukuro (Yuki Soma in Fruits Basket)
Tina Isemi - Ayaka Fukuhara (Sayaka in Kakegurui)
Tamaki Shiraya - Natsumi Fujiwara (Abigail Jones in Great Pretender)

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HIDIVE Shines the Spotlight on Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way from Another World!

Will HIDIVE stream Yandere Dark Elf uncensored? We’ll be airing the Web Version, which will be the least censored version of the simulcast. Take that clickbait articles that make you read until the end before answering the one burning question you had! Start your free trial and mark those calendars everyone, Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way from Another World (Chotto dake Ai ga Omoi Dark Elf ga Isekai kara Oikaketekita) starts April 6.

Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way from Another World! For The Uninitiated

Premiere Date and Time: Sunday, April 6, 2025, at 12:05 PM EDT (16:05 UTC)

Synopsis: Hinata did it. He got reincarnated into another world, took up the mantle of Hero, and slew the dreaded Demon Lord alongside his party of fellow adventurers. As his reward, he’s returned to Earth to resume a normal life. Or it would be if it wasn’t for the fact that his dark elf companion Mariabelle decided to travel to Earth to come and live with him! Now she uses her arcane talents to ward off any potential romantic rivals and capture Hinata’s affection.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/sfz0qPnPP7c
Studio: Elias (Plus-Sized Elf)
Director - Toshikatsu Tokoro (Why the hell are you here, Teacher!?)
Series Composition: Yuuki Takabayashi (Plus-Sized Elf)
Character Design: Kazuhiko Tamura (Why the hell are you here, Teacher!?)
Originating Work - Learn more about the NSFW manga from our friends at Seven Seas Entertainment
Demographic: Seinen
Rating: TV-MA
Genres: Rom Com, Fantasy, Reverse Isekai, Ecchi

Main Character Cast

Hinata - Rie Kawamura (Misa in Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!)
Mariabelle - Minami Takahashi (Quetzalcoatl in Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid)
Sakura - Kyouka Maruyama (Announcer in Maou 2099)
Cecile - Hinako Takahashi (Lia in Magic Maker: How to Make Magic in Another World)
Mei - Ayumi Mano (Cassandra in Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V)

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HIDIVE Reveals the Beheneko: The Elf-Girl’s Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! English Cast List Ahead of the April 9 Premiere!

HIDIVE is dubbing yet another uncensored anime for you and we’re ready to reveal who’s voicing your favorite Beheneko characters! Sign up for your free trial and check out our official English cast list below!

Everything You Need to Know About the Beheneko: The Elf-Girl’s Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! Uncensored English Dub

Synopsis: After dying in battle against the forces of evil, a knight is reborn as a behemoth—one of the most powerful monsters in the world! However, baby behemoths look an awful lot like adorable house cats. Just when he thinks his situation couldn’t be more confusing, a beautiful elven adventurer rescues him from the brink of death and adopts him as her pet. This “cat’s” baffling journey is just getting started.

Premiere Date and Time: Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 12:00 PM (17:00 UTC)
Number of Uncensored Dubbed Episodes: 12
Release Schedule: Weekly
Studio: Zero-G (Farming Life in Another World); Saber Works
Originating Work: Learn more about the manga from our friends at Yen Press!
Demographic: Seinen
Rating: TV-MA
Genres: Action and Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Ecchi

English Cast and Crew

ADR Director - John Swasey
ADR Script - Kalin Black
English Mix - Brent Marshall
Audio Engineer - Patrick Marrero

Tama - Ben Mclaughlin (Hermes in Is It Wrong to Try To Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)
Aria - Kira Vincent Davis (Vermilio in HELCK)
Anna - Cole Feuchter (Seiichi in My Instant Death Ability is Overpowered)
Earth Dragon - Celeste McCarthy
Kasman - Andrew Love (Kirai in Loner Life in Another World)
Vulcan - Brittney Karbowski (Rimuru in That Time I Was Reincarnated as a Slime)
Beryl - Brandon Hearnsberger (Clayface in Suicide Squad Isekai)
Cedric - Adam Gibbs (Hachiman in My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU)
Danny - Joe Daniels (Thorkill in Vinland Saga)
Howard - Jeremy Gee (Kaiji in Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor)
Keni - Elissa Cuellar (Gamma in The Eminence in Shadow)
Marietta - Alyssa Marek (Ruby in [OSHI NO KO])
Stella - Celeste Mccarthy
Leona - Allison Sumrall (Miia in Monster Musume: Everyday Life With Monster Girls)
Alisha - Christina Kelly (Otogiri in Dark Gathering)

Additional Voices

Celeste Mccarthy
Andrew Love
Heath Morrow
Joshua Swasey
James Marler
Elissa Cuellar
Allison Sumrall
Christina Kelly
Adam Gibbs
Brandon Hearnsberger
Joe Daniels
Cyrus Rodas
Shane Fenimore
Alyssa Marek
Star Butler

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Watch MADE IN ABYSS, Monster Musume Uncensored and More Anime on HIDIVE April 22

Some of you may have seen the list of anime leaving the service in April and understandably grew concerned. Rest assured, HIDIVE isn’t going anywhere. In fact, you can look forward to the following anime later this month! Clear your schedules and prepare yourselves for an epic anime binge: you can watch both the sub AND dub for EVERYTHING in this blog on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)!

Watch Every Episode of the Following Anime April 22 on HIDIVE

MADE IN ABYSS Season 1
Number of Episodes: 13
Synopsis: No one knows what’s at the bottom of the Abyss. No one who’s ventured that far has ever returned. What is known is that the Abyss is filled with strange creatures and priceless relics that have lured generations of fortune hunters into a diabolical trap. Because while anyone can descend into the Abyss safely, coming back up triggers a nightmarish series of transformations and madness. And the deeper you go, the less chance you have of coming back unchanged. But when 12-year-old Riko receives a message that her missing mother might still be alive deep in the Abyss, she knows she has to go to her. She must go even if it’s a one-way trip for her and her robot friend Reg as they brave the ultimate darkness in MADE IN ABYSS.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/kqBNQEUI8dM
Genres: Action and Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery and Thriller, Science Fiction
TV Rating: TV-MA

Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls UNCENSORED (Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou)
Number of Uncensored Episodes: 12
Synopsis: Three years ago, Kimihito didn’t know that creatures of legend like harpies and centaurs were real, but then the government announced an exchange program to help members of those “mythical” species assimilate into our culture! So, when an official appears at the door with a beautiful half-human, half-snake lamia and the news that Kimihito’s been volunteered as a host family, what’s a good citizen to do? Besides Miia IS really cute, so Kimihito figures that they’ll learn to adapt to living with each other eventually. But will they manage to do so before even MORE adorable monster girls start showing up to fill the entire house in MONSTER MUSUME: EVERYDAY LIFE WITH MONSTER GIRLS?
Trailer: https://youtu.be/qI2_3OgCxso
Genres: Comedy, Romance
TV Rating: TV-MA

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria (Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria)
Number of Episodes: 12
Synopsis: Ais Wallenstein, the Sword Princess of the powerful Loki Familia, is the strongest female warrior to descend into the dungeons below Orario. Within its subterranean depths, Ais and the other members of the Loki Familia discover a strange irregularity lurking in the darkness. As the mysteries of her past and the dungeon’s present unfolds, Ais will fight to protect not just her party, but the fate of the world above.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/AWHzhl4obuM
Genres: Action and Adventure, Fantasy
TV Rating: TV-14

The World God Only Knows (Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai)
Number of Episodes: 12
Synopsis: Keima is a dating champion who renders cute girls powerless with his irresistible techniques. Unfortunately, Keima’s only victories are in video games. But his skills are about to be put to the test when he accepts an invitation in a strange email, and the overly cheerful demon Elsie appears before him! Now, Keima is locked in a contract with Hell, and he must use his “talents” to capture the hearts of girls who have been possessed by lost spirits.
Genres: Action and Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Supernatural
TV Rating: TV-14

The World God Only Knows II (Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai II)
Number of Episodes: 12
Synopsis: Keima and Elsie are back in search of more lost souls! This time Keima’s capturing skills will be facing their biggest challenges yet as he attempts to woo both a fiercely beautiful upperclassman and a hot new student teacher. When Elsie’s demon classmate appears, they’ll need her help to take down an evil spirit running amok— if it doesn’t manage to get to her first! With another round of beautiful ladies that need romancing, Keima will need all the right moves if he wants to “capture” them.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/rJiyXNslH8s
Genres: Action and Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Supernatural
TV Rating: TV-14

The World God Only Knows: Goddesses (Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai: Megami-hen)
Number of Episodes: 12
Synopsis: Dating sim champion Keima has more than proven his abilities in the real world after capturing the hearts of 14 girls and freeing them of the stray spirits lurking within them. But when a goddess possessing Keima’s neighbor, Tenri, appears with a mission, Keima’s going to have to revisit the girls whose hearts he stole in order to find her five sisters and restore their powers. Meanwhile, a mysterious organization lurking in the shadows threatens these unsuspecting girls’ lives!
Genres: Action and Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Supernatural
TV Rating: TV-14

The World God Only Knows OVA Collection
Number of OVAs: 4
Synopsis: Keima and his spirit hunting partner Elsie are dragged kicking and screaming into their wildest adventures yet! Things get off on a strange foot when Chihiro convinces Elsie, Ayumi and Miyako to form a band. Unfortunately, they’re really not very good and their quest to get rehearsal space somehow escalates into a challenge to score perfect 100s on their English tests. After coaching them through that, Keima should have earned a peaceful vacation, but instead his plans are seriously derailed…
Trailer: https://youtu.be/1dewxi_F6Dw
Genres: Action and Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Supernatural
TV Rating: TV-14

RahXephon
Number of Episodes: 26
Synopsis: 15 years ago, the invaders known as the MU placed a dome around the city of Tokyo. Nothing can get in. No one can get out. Inside, the survivors do not even know if the rest of the world even exists, but then one young man starts to realize that something is very wrong with… his friends. His family. Everything. Suddenly cracks in the barrier have begun to appear, and a woman from outside the dome contacts him. A woman from a past he forgot. The flow of time has been changed, his “when” is not when he thinks it is, and somehow he is at the center of an alien plan to rewrite the flow of reality itself in RAHXEPHON!
Genres: Action and Adventure, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction, Supernatural
TV Rating: TV-14

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HIDIVE Reveals the From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated! English Cast List Ahead of the April 16th Premiere!

You can never go wrong with Villainess anime. They’ve become the meat and potatoes of isekai, right up there with power fantasies, harems and cheat skills. The English dub for From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated! will be here before you know it, so sign up for your free trial and check out our official English cast list below.

Everything You Need to Know About the From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated! English Dub

Synopsis : After being struck by a car, 52-year-old civil servant Kenzaburou Tondabayashi finds himself reincarnated as the villainess of his daughter’s favorite video game! Committed to his role as the haughty and arrogant Grace Auvergne, Kenzaburou plays out Grace’s part in the game’s story… Except his kind nature and elegant Japanese manners accidentally turn the unlikeable Grace into the most admired girl in school instead.

Dub Trailer: https://youtu.be/wh-l2YSQ388

Premiere Date and Time: Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 12:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
Number of Dubbed Episodes: 12
Release Schedule: Weekly
Demographic: Seinen
Rating: TV-14
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Isekai

English Crew

Director - Shannon D. Reed
Audio Engineer - David Lascoe
Translation - Ian Fagen
ADR Script - Marta Bechtol, Shannon D. Reed
Mix Engineer - Brent Marshall

Initial English Credits

Kenzaburo - James Belcher (Hideo in Chihayafuru)
Grace - Rachael Messer (Mia in Ya Boy Kongming!)
Anna Doll - Cat Thomas (Yui in My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU)
Auguste - Michael Wronski (Leo in Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero)
Grenat - Monica Rial (Misaki in Maid Sama!)
Hinako - Karlii Hoch (Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad Isekai)
Jaune, Young Grace - Alyssa Marek (Ruby in [OSHI NO KO])
Josette, Orion - Brittney Karbowski (Rimuru in That Time I was Reincarnated Into a Slime)
Lambert - Dylan Godwin (GOA in [OSHI NO KO] 2nd Season)
Lucas - Clint Bickham (Kyoutaru in The Dangers of My Heart)
Marron, Regulus - Elissa Cuellar (Daphne in It It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V)
Mitsuko - Joanne Bonasso (Seo in Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun)
Narrator - Brianna Roberts (Tomoe in Tsukimichi -Moonlight Fantasy-)
Pierre - James Marler (Stale in The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior)
Principal - John Swasey (Oken in I Parry Everything!)
Richard - Alan Brincks (Eita in Haikyuu!! To the Top)
Sirius - Carolyn Medrano (Anya in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)
Spica - Annie Wild (Kohaku in How I Attended an All-Guy’s Mixer)
Tsucchii - Andrew Love (Helck in HELCK)
Violet - Ellen Evans (Epsilon in The Eminence in Shadow)
Virgile - Brandon Hearnsberger (Wazukyan in MADE IN ABYSS: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun)
Walz, Young Kenzaburo - Joe Daniels (Kongming in Ya Boy Kongming!)

Additional Voices

Shannon D. Reed
John Swasey
Kregg Daily
Joe Daniels
Elissa Cuellar
Kyle Colby Jones
Annie Wild
Carolyn Medrano
Jeremy Gee
David Lascoe
Shannon D. Reed

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